My First Record

This is something I've been dreaming of my entire life.

I am about to embark on the making of my very first album. Well, its not my first time in the studio, or even my first time taking part in an album - but this one will be mine. All my music, my ideas, my voice. The songs I've written over the past few years will finally become a finished piece of work, something I can be proud of, something that represents me, as an artist.

There's something about moving to San Francisco that has made this finally happen. Something about the energy here, the people, the beauty. I am more focused on making this record a reality now, because all of the sudden, I feel like I am where I am supposed to be. I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing. And it feels good.

I'm selling my car to pay for this record. If you can believe it, that doesn't even cover the cost. So I'm also going to be taking on a loan to make it work. At whitneynichole.com I've made fan-funding an option, and for those of you who like my live music and the demos I've made, you can easily donate to the album and get some really cool things in return.

It might take a while, but I'm going to keep track of the whole process here, at my, ahem, blog. If for no other reason that a journal I can look back on when I'm telling my genius musician granddaughter why music can be a viable lifelong career. This is just the start...